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Originally Posted by Jaden
Except, there have been almost as many stock and NA cars that have failed... including mine.
No, instead, the most likely culprit is a lack of proper quality control on the rods. There are some exceptionally weak rods coming through on some of these engines and THAT is the crap shoot and why some cars can be fine at close to 400whp and some fail completely stock.
Jaden
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I guess that makes sense. If the rods sucked then they would have significantly changed them for the 2017 model, and they didn't change much, right? And how much smaller are they, than say, the STI's rods? Pretty similar? So just bad quality control on the metallurgy or something.
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Originally Posted by tyler_win_photo
The AVO turbo kit looks extremely stock. The only thing is it doesn't come with a CARB legal tune.
300whp is actually quite a bit for this platform. And 400whp is just plain scary in terms of how quick it is. Try riding in a local's boosted twin and you'll quickly find out that 300whp is more than enough.
You shouldn't need to build the engine to run a carb legal tune. And even with e85, you shouldn't need to build the engine and you'd still be hitting 350whp easy.
Have you considered water and meth? It doesn't really get talked about too much on these forums, but it is another alternative to run more boost.
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I do like the AVO kit, but California, enough said.
I'm probably going to be happy sub 300whp, especially for the street, but I don't know if too many people refrain from upping the power when they build their motor. Maybe some intend to just add security and reliability, but then say maybe just a little more. I think 400whp or higher would be just silly with such a light car. It was more a statement of possibilities than a goal.
I haven't considered it. I figured it would be more complicated than E85, especially to remove for smog or to hide from anyone popping my hood.